Li Mengxi went out to fight, leaving all the government and military affairs to those who stayed behind.

Those routine military and political affairs are pretty good, but the Julu government has too many special affairs that cannot be found elsewhere.

Li Mengxi went to Luoyang and brought back a large amount of materials and a large number of craftsmen. Before leaving the army, Li Mengxi arranged all the craftsmen he brought back to the Ministry of Science as a backup for technical background.

The craftsmen brought back from Luoyang were in all kinds of industries, including doctors, fortune tellers, weavers, ceramics craftsmen, blacksmiths, hardware craftsmen, alchemists, painters, cartographers, water conservancy craftsmen, etc.

The Ministry of Science is different from other ministries. Ordinary officials from other ministries can also support it. Only the Ministry of Science cannot be fully controlled by anyone except Li Mengxi.

The senior staff of the Science Department originally only had one Li Mengxi, plus another Lu Zhi. Liu Hong, a master of arithmetic, was brought back from Luoyang. Liu Hong was the first heavyweight scientific talent in the Science Department.

After Liu Hong arrived in Julu, he briefly exchanged arithmetic knowledge with Lu Zhi, Jian Yong and others, and everyone admired Liu Hong's arithmetic ability.

Liu Hong himself may not have realized how powerful the abacus he invented was. In this era, abacus combined with the numerical notation method was equal to - invincible.

Among the fourteen departments of Julu, the Ministry of Finance, which is in charge of money and grain finance, has the greatest calculation pressure. Liu Hong assisted the Ministry of Finance in counting a stack of accounts in half a day, which was faster than ten people. The officials of the Ministry of Finance were shocked.

God man.

It should be said that Julu's unique intellectual style has been developed unknowingly. The scholars and officials in Julu are different from other places. The officials and scholars in Julu are the same as ordinary people. There are preferential treatment, but not too high.

, this is very different from other local official-based bureaucracies. Therefore, Julu officials have a humble attitude and no control.

Secondly, it has been more than a year since the rebels settled in Julu. During this long time, Li Mengxi has led many technical tests, such as tests of swords, instruments, and tools. Although the scholars only helped record data, this process

It is inevitable to have frequent contacts with craftsmen. When it comes to technology, craftsmen are enough to serve as teachers, but scholars are mostly ignorant. In addition, Li Mengxi attaches great importance to technology. Among those who have been rewarded and promoted, there are not a few who have made meritorious deeds due to their craftsmanship.

What is good from above will be replicated below. Subtly, scholars and officials have become somewhat interested in engineering skills, and will even ask for advice.

Julu's craftsmanship is different from other places. Julu has so many incredible craftsmanships, such as bent-shaft plows, papermaking, spirits, white linen cloth, and incredible steel-clad knives more than one foot long.

Water-powered mills, and sniper crossbow racks that can make a child move forward with a hundred steps. Each of these craftsmanship creations is amazing. This is why the aura around the craftsmen is dazzling.

The scholars and officials in Julu may not be interested in water-powered mills, nor may they be interested in spirits, but when it comes to papermaking, one hundred officials out of one hundred will definitely go to the papermaker to ask about the method of making paper.

Regardless of the purpose, a high-ranking official or a scholar with high eyes walks into the workshop and asks the craftsmen questions in a gentle and polite manner. If you ask for advice, you are asking for advice. If you are not ashamed to ask, you are not ashamed to ask.

Unknowingly, Julu's intellectual style has changed from shameless inquiry to humility and eagerness to learn.

For various reasons, when the officials of the Ministry of Finance saw that abacus arithmetic was so useful, they did not care about their status at all. They directly invited Liu Hong to take the seat and paid homage to Liu Hong to teach him abacus arithmetic.

Liu Hong was flattered and quickly stood up to invite him.

After helping the officials up one by one, Liu Hong looked at the group of people who spoke well and were obviously talented and learned. One of them had gray hair and was obviously an old man. Liu Hong secretly felt ashamed.

Feeling ashamed, Liu Hong lamented that the people in Julu were as eager to learn as a fellow servant.

Everyone sincerely asked for advice, and Liu Hong naturally did not hide his secrets and taught the essence of abacus without reservation. At that time, Liu Hong was talking to the superiors, and the officials were meticulous in writing and their attitude was extremely serious, which made Liu Hong sigh with emotion.

There is a third reason for the officials' studious attitude. The promotion system of the Julu officialdom is open and aboveboard, with bright prospects. The officials of the Ministry of Finance are completely fair from the first step when they become officials. The first batch of officials in Julu all passed the imperial examination.

For those who were selected, from then on, every step of promotion was completely free of unfair factors and was all based on merit.

Because the prospects are promising and the system is bright, officials will have a bright future as long as they do their jobs well. Officials therefore have enough enthusiasm and motivation to improve their professional capabilities.

This is why when officials saw Liu Hong's extremely fast calculation speed, they all wanted to learn this calculation method to improve their abilities. On the one hand, they also felt threatened by Liu Hong.

The work of the Ministry of Finance is essentially just verification and calculation. Liu Hong can calculate as fast as ten people. Well, with Liu Hong alone, no one else has to do it.

Whether it is to improve oneself, or to guard against Liu Hong with some calculation, even if it is to guard against Liu Hong, even so, it can be regarded as healthy competition.

Liu Hong is the most important person that the Science Department has added so far, but Liu Hong is new and he does not understand management affairs. The only senior staff member left in the Science Department is Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi does not know much about the things in the Craftsman Camp.

Jian Yong had no choice but to assist him.

Following the instructions left by Li Mengxi when he left, the porcelain craftsmen and glazing clay he brought back began to try to make porcelain. Li Mengxi left some rough technical details. He asked the bricks to be fired before firing the porcelain. The wood for the green bricks could be used.

For burning, you can try using coke to burn bricks. If coke can burn red bricks, then use the same method and add some iron powder to the glaze soil to burn red porcelain.

Jian Yong followed the method and entrusted the craftsmen from Luoyang to build kilns and bake them. Compared with production, the most important thing was to let the craftsmen from Luoyang get used to the appreciation system and the invention and creation system. For this reason, Jian Yong specially started from Luoyang.

The blacksmith camp and the carpenter camp transferred senior craftsmen to take the people coming from Luoyang to get familiar with them for a while.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the explanation left by Li Mengxi, he said that if the porcelain is fired well, it can be as profitable as silk.

Jian Yong didn't really believe it. He didn't believe that things burned out of mud could compare to silk and brocade. But in view of Li Mengxi's magic, there were so many magical things from Li Mengxi's hands. Jian Yong couldn't help but wonder, how difficult is it to get it?

Porcelain can really make huge profits.

Silk, porcelain, and tea are high-end goods that have been popular in ancient Eastern countries for more than a thousand years. Later generations have proven the huge profits and popularity of these three items.

In addition to porcelain-making technology, there are also craftsmen in looms, dyeing, forging, etc.

Jian and Yong both used the same method. They did not assign any production tasks to these craftsmen, but only gave them enough materials and left them enough time to do whatever they wanted.

Among the many craftsmen brought back from Luoyang, there was one who needed Jian Yong's special care. He was a deeply poisoned alchemist. Li Mengxi dragged his family to invite Julu. Li Mengxi told Jian Yong to take good care of that person.

People, don't let me die.

Jian Yong sent several military doctors to guard him day and night, for fear that he would not be able to fulfill Li Mengxi's instructions.

The strategic-level talents brought back from Luoyang should be water conservancy talents.

Thanks to Cai Yong's help, many water conservancy masters were hired from Luoyang. After the craftsmen arrived in Julu, they began to inspect the terrain and water distribution of Julu in preparation for subsequent major water conservancy repairs.

As Li Mengxi guessed, Julu had a huge lake called Daluze. Li Mengxi felt that if a water conservancy was built, the water from Daluze might be a good source.

After preliminary investigation, the conclusion of the water conservancy craftsmen was the same as Li Mengxi's guess. They also believed that the water in Dulu Ze could be used. The difference was that the water conservancy craftsmen were more inclined to divert the water from the Zhang River outside Julu Ze.

The Zhanghe River is the main one, and the Daluze River is the supplement. Because the terrain of Daluze River is a bit low, it is a bit difficult to divert water.

Professionals are professionals. Li Mengxi has long wanted to repair water conservancy. When there were no water conservancy craftsmen, he had already asked officials from the Ministry of Engineering to check out all the large and small water networks in Julu, but Li Mengxi didn't understand.

Regarding water conservancy, his vision was too small and was limited to Julu. Even though Li Mengxi had long planned to annex surrounding prefectures and counties, his vision was still limited to Julu.

Once the water conservancy craftsmen came, they used their rich experience to broaden their horizons and directly extended the water conservancy project beyond Julu.

Most of the water conservancy craftsmen recruited from Luoyang are senior people in the industry. Many of these people have held water control positions in the court. Water control is a big project that involves countless manpower, material and financial resources. These craftsmen came to Julu, not afraid of how difficult the water conservancy project is.

, I’m afraid that if I’m not familiar with the place, I’ll be in trouble if I offend someone and get involved in some dispute.

The water conservancy craftsmen all adhere to the idea that their skills are useless. They don't want to take the lead in water control. The craftsmen have already thought about it. When they start to repair water conservancy, they will let the Julu people do it.

Already.

People's hearts are complicated, and no one would have thought that water conservancy craftsmen would have so many worries, but the problem is actually not that big.

When the Yellow Turban Army surrendered, the Yellow Turban prisoners were more worried than the water conservancy craftsmen. What would be the result? The result was not that people's hearts were restored.

If the water conservancy craftsmen don't want to take the lead, it won't go as they wish. When the time comes, once the water conservancy project starts, the responsibility will be handed over to these water conservancy craftsmen from Luoyang. When the time comes, they will be afraid of getting into trouble.

They didn't dare to let go, so they cowardly asked for thousands of people and thousands of shi of food and grass. When the superiors calculated that there were too few people, they directly gave 10,000 people and 10,000 shi of food.

When the water conservancy craftsmen found that there were no constraints, the Julu government trusted a few small craftsmen with a huge amount of manpower and material resources to manage. It is estimated that the water conservancy craftsmen would immediately feel like a confidant.

Li Mengxi brought back a whole camel team from Luoyang. The tasks he left behind for the camel team when he left were: First, let people test the camels' load-bearing capacity, running ability, riding, combat, etc.; second,

Preparing to breed camels.

Li Mengxi also brought back many monkeys. The monkeys were brought back to test the medicine. However, before the medicine was tested, the monkeys ran away overnight. The next day, they were searched all over the city and the monkeys were captured again.

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Afterwards, the cage was strengthened and the ropes were tied tighter. At night, the monkey escaped again.

When Lu Zhi heard this, he was surprised and wanted to see what happened.

On the third night, Lu Zhi hid and waited quietly. In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a noise in the cage. Lu Zhi quickly picked up the lantern and looked at it. He saw the big monkey stretching out the railing and tearing the knot nimbly. He had already opened the knot.

Already.

The light of the torch suddenly came on, and the monkey screamed in surprise, knocked open the cage and jumped out.

All of a sudden, the monkeys rioted. Amidst the roaring sounds, the big monkeys and the little monkeys fled from their pupae. It was very lively.

Seeing this scene with his own eyes, Lu Zhi was amazed at the ape's cleverness.

The next day, the monkey was captured.

After finally figuring out how the monkey escaped, the craftsman tied up the cage to prevent further escapes.

In conclusion, some monkey keepers who understand monkeys said that the one who can untie the rope must be the monkey king. If the monkey king is locked up, the monkeys will have more teachers.

Lu Zhi went to see it, and sure enough he saw a tall, strong, limbed, red-butted monkey with smooth fur. This was probably the Monkey King.

Li Mengxi also brought back weasels, elk, deer, foxes, and other living animals. The task left to the officials was to raise these personal living animals if they were worth raising, and if they were not worth raising, keep them for children.

It’s good to open your eyes.

Among the wild animals brought back was a small bear. It was determined that the small bear must be of great use. The urine of ferocious beasts such as bears and tigers could scare cattle, mules, livestock, and even war horses.

The military doctors took some urine from the bear and tested it. Sure enough, the military dogs barked when they smelled the urine, the cows mooed after smelling the urine, and the war horses tugged on their reins and became restless after smelling it.

Bear urine indeed has military value. Collect several jars of bear urine and sprinkle it at key intersections. Even if it cannot scare horses, it can also scare cattle, mules and livestock.

Furthermore, when camping in the wilderness, sprinkle bear urine around the camp to ward off all kinds of animals.

It is also useful in special operations. Sometimes, the scouts need to lurk in the grass and deep forests and sprinkle bear urine on themselves to drive away ferocious beasts.

More than 4,000 chickens, ducks and geese were brought back from Luoyang. Among them, there were eleven kinds of chickens, six kinds of ducks, and three kinds of geese. The variety of Julu's poultry was greatly enriched, and the breeding work could begin.

Different types of chickens and ducks have different growth rates and egg production levels. The future task is to find the type with the highest egg production and the fastest egg length as a breeding species.

It is not difficult to raise chickens and ducks, and it is not too difficult to raise them on a large scale. However, the difficulty lies in not only large-scale breeding, but also accurate data collection to accurately determine which poultry has the best economic benefits.

In order to obtain accurate data, it is necessary that all types of poultry breeding areas must be exactly the same size, have the same large roof, the same dry ground, feed the same feed, the same feeding time, the same feeding frequency and the same amount

, even the temperature of the feeding water must be the same. To this day, there are some people in the military who barely know how to collect data, and these basic tests can be carried out independently.
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